The No. 7 Porsche 963 fielded by the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team has won the 24 Hours of Daytona. Works drivers Felipe Nasr from Brazil, Dane Cameron from the USA and Matt Campbell from Australia as well as American IndyCar star Josef Newgarden extended Porsche's record number of victories to 19. The No. 6 sister car finished fourth with works drivers Mathieu Jaminet (France), Nick Tandy (Great Britain), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Kévin Estre (France). The Porsche 963 campaigned by the formidable customer teams Proton Competition and JDC-Miller MotorSports followed directly behind. In the GTD Pro class, AO Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 R secured second place.
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00:00 It gets a little crazy as soon as the sun comes out.
00:02 Everybody thinks that the race is almost over, but we still
00:04 have six or seven hours.
00:05 I'm usually pretty good till like the wee hours of the
00:07 morning, and then that's when I get tired.
00:09 And then when the sun comes up, I get my second wind and
00:13 chug along the rest of the day.
00:15 I think I got about 45 minutes of sleep today.
00:17 I'm feeling pretty good.
00:18 It's been a hell of a week.
00:19 You know what?
00:20 I think we're doing OK.
00:21 Last season was a start in the season, but I think we're
00:23 ready to do it.
00:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:29 [ENGINE REVVING]
00:32 [TIRES SCREECHING]
00:35 [ENGINE REVVING]
00:38 [TIRES SCREECHING]
00:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:45 Check your--
00:46 Check your flag!
00:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:50 [TIRES SCREECHING]
00:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:56 Yeah, we just bloody won Daytona.
00:58 Phenomenal race.
00:59 Can't thank the team enough.
01:00 They've put in such a big effort.
01:03 I feel like I've been waiting a long time, but Roger's been
01:05 waiting even longer to get another victory here.
01:07 Incredible day, and big thank you to everyone at
01:09 Porsche Fenske Motorsport.
01:11 And I'll tell you that, obviously, with Porsche's
01:14 support and their commitment, we had to do it for them,
01:17 because that's what they want.
01:19 They're winners.
01:20 [CHEERING]
01:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:30 (whooshing)